A questionnaire has been developed that allows impacted shoreline property owners to report directly on their experiences in 2019.

The questionnaire includes opportunities to describe the types and extent of their high water impacts, as well as upload photos to illustrate those impacts.

Responses will be summarized by the Great Lakes Adaptive Management (GLAM) Committee as part of its reporting to the ILOSLRB and the IJC and will also be used to improve models that are used to assess potential impacts under a range of water level conditions.

Further information, including a link to the questionnaire itself, is available on the GLAM Committee website

https://ijc.org/en/glam/watershed/questionnaire/high-water-levels-2019

Property owners are encouraged to complete the questionnaire as soon as the extent of their high water impacts is available.

More about GLAM

As announced by Governor Cuomo, HCR will be launching a 2019 Individual Homeowner Assistance Program, with up to $20 million available for homeowners impacted by 2019 Lake Ontario & St. Lawrence River flooding. Applications will open in the coming weeks. If you would like to receive updates and the application when it is live, please submit your contact info here.

REDI meeting #3 has been move to next week. It will now be held on August 29 th at 10:30 am in the Wayne County Public Safety Building. This is a public meeting and an opportunity to view the project list. I hope we will also get a sense for costs as determined by the state’s engineers.

REDI meeting #4 is scheduled for Wednesday, September 11 TH , AT 1:00 P.M, at the Wayne County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 2 nd Floor, 26 Church Street in Lyons.

Regarding the program for homeowners, we have been told that the application will be available on the HCR web site (https://hcr.ny.gov/) by October 1 st . Bishop Sheen will be administering the program in our area. As we learn more, we will share the information. In the meantime, work to get estimates for what you need to get done on your property.

Today our water level is at 247.75 and all the pumps are currently shut off. We will work with the sheriff divers next week to remove the plugs in the outfalls. NYS Homeland Security will be in the village after Labor Day to remove the pumps and the aqua dams.

If you want compost material to place around your sandbags or elsewhere in your yards, please call the village office. As long as we are under a state of emergency, we will bring it to your driveway. We are encouraging everyone to leave the sandbags in place as every indication points to high water in 2020.

IMPORTANT! We would really like more participation in the Active Transportation Program survey. The results of this program will determine what projects will be constructed and provide information needed to secure funding to complete the projects. This program focuses on sidewalks, bike trails and moving people around the village in non-motorized forms. The survey will be open until August 31st st . It is available (here) and on the village web site. Hard copies are in the village hall.

As a reminder, the LOSLRA Flood Rally is Saturday, August 24th from 9:30 to 11:30 at Katlynn Marine.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Dave McDowell
Dmcdowell@SodusPoint.info